Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1375

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

An establishment without legal personality is an element of its owner's patrimony. Its implication. It lacks capacity to be a party to litigation and therefore may not litigate, and its owner conducts litigation concerning it. - Constitution of proceedings. Its criterion. That they be instituted by a party, or directed against a party, possessing capacity to be a party and to litigate. Joining a sole proprietorship as a party and its owner's appearance at the trial hearings. Its effect. Absence of grounds for declaring nullity.
Arabic original
المنشأة التي لا تتمتع بالشخصية الاعتبارية عنصر من عناصر ذمة صاحبها المالية. مؤداه. ليس لها أهلية الإختصام فلا يجوز لها أن تخاصم ويباشر صاحبها الخصومة بشأنها. - انعقاد الخصومة. مناطه. صدورها من خصم أو تكون موجهه إلى خصم يتمتع بأهلية الإختصام والتقاضي. اختصام منشأة فردية ومثول صاحبها بجلسات المحاكمة. أثره. انتفاء موجب تقرير البطلان.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٨/١٩٩٩ مدني جلسة ٥/٦/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثاني ص ١٧٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 241. PDF pages: 241.

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